Yoshida Mii

Chapter 261 Dowry
February [-] is a good day for the dragon to raise its head, and it is also a good weather. The sun in early spring shines on people warmly.Early in the morning, the small courtyard of the Lin family was full of people who came to help or watch the fun.

Lin Fu invited the town's happy team and paid him generous wages. The lively and festive sound of suona, gongs and drums has been ringing non-stop since the morning, and the yard is also full of dowry gifts to be carried to Dongbao's house in the town. The people all gasp in admiration.

Song Zhaodi next door was cooking pig food in the stove, angrily threw the wooden stick for stirring the pig food into the pot, and cursed angrily: "People who make noise early in the morning hurt their ears! I don't know I thought their family was dead!"

After a while, Lin Fu took Lin Shi and led the team to pick out the bride price and set off.

The three golds and three silvers are the first in the betrothal gift team, each of which was newly made years ago. The gold and silver bracelets, hairpins, and collars are of good quality and heavy weight, and they are pressed on the bright red silk cloth on the burden. Under the shining of the sun, the glittering thorns made people's eyes red.Behind the three golds and three silvers is the person carrying the box. What is inside the box cannot be seen by outsiders, but seeing the weight of the box and the bending of the pole, one knows that there are a lot of things in the box, unlike some people. In order to look good, there are many boxes in the dowry gift, but most of them are empty, and they are light to pick up, and even shake back and forth.

Lin Shi's engagement was the first happy event in Tagouji this year, and almost everyone in the village came out to watch the fun, and the girls in the village were also envious. One was that Lin Shi was envious of Dongbao's engagement, which was ten miles away. The handsome young men from all eight townships have also passed the examination of scholar. Second, they are envious of this engagement ceremony, which is so dignified and affordable.

Many old people sighed while watching, saying that this is the first time they have seen such a ostentatious betrothal gift at such an advanced age.

Although there are many envious people, not many people have any sour and uneven emotions. Dongbao and the others have all seen her. She looks delicate and fair. The two opened a workshop, and most people in the village still couldn't earn wages. Most of them watched the team of picking the dowry move forward with gratitude and blessing.

Second Aunt Song would never miss such a lively event. She gnawed on a handful of melon seeds she grabbed from someone's house, and quickly moved her thin mouth. Young Master Hei stared blankly at the most dazzling three golds and three silvers in the bride price, not knowing what he was thinking.

Song Zhaodi hid behind Second Aunt Song, leaned against the courtyard wall with her sleeves rolled up, rolled her eyes and curled her mouth as she watched the bearer of the bride price pass by her, followed by the noisy sound of suona, gongs and drums.The three golds and three silvers shining brightly in the sun made her very uncomfortable, her eyes were sore and astringent, and her heart was full of grief, indignation, grievance and despair, and she just wanted to find a place where there was no one to hug her head and cry.

Ever since Lin Shi was admitted as a scholar and Song Bai failed again, she completely stopped thinking about Lin Shi that she shouldn't have. Her husband is like Wang Xiaobao, so embarrassing and shameless!With such a husband, how could she hold her head up in front of others? Wouldn't Song Dongning look down on her for the rest of her life?When people think of her, she will be treated as a joke, lose face, and be looked down upon...

Thinking of this, Song Zhaodi's eyes turned red with grievance, and she felt more and more pitiful and miserable. She hated her parents for being incompetent, hated her grandparents for being partial to her ineffective third uncle, hated why Wang Xiaobao from Xiaowangzhuang got engaged to her, and finally hated Lin Shihe even more. Winter treasure.Her engagement gift was a rather heavy silver bracelet. When she got engaged, she was also envied by the little sisters in the village. Those days were quite proud and proud, which diluted her dissatisfaction with Wang Xiaobao, and she also put the bracelet on every day. She wears her bracelet to show off, but now that Lin Shi has offered three gold and three silver dowries, each of which is worth more than her bracelet, so what has become of her?

Lin Shi is not a good thing!Song Zhaodi, whose self-esteem was hurt, thought bitterly that she only posted it because Dong Bao had money. If Dong Bao was still the little girl wearing her leftover clothes, Lin Shi would definitely choose her instead. winter treasure.

Bah, she is not rare!
Second Aunt Song didn't notice the violent emotional ups and downs of the daughter behind her, her eyes were fixed on the real money on the dowry gift.Da Mao and Er Mao, together with other half-grown children in the village, were scrambling to pick up peanuts and wedding candies scattered on the ground, and they were spotted by Mrs. Huang who came out to watch the fun. Mrs. Huang changed her usual kind face towards her grandchildren and became gloomy. Face yelled loudly at Big Mao and Er Mao when they came back, "Things with shallow eyelids! You can grab anything from anyone!"

The sound of the suona covered up Huang's scolding, and most people didn't hear it, and the big and the second were still robbing with great joy.It is rare for the children of farmers to have candy to eat, even if they hear it, they will pretend not to hear it.

As soon as Mrs. Huang came out, many people looked over, and an old lady who was familiar with her asked her, "Girl Dongbao is engaged today, will you go to your house?"

This is also a question that most people care about.

Huang stretched her face, stared at the old lady coldly, turned around and entered the yard, ignoring anyone.Fortunately, everyone in the village knows what kind of temper Huang is, and no one cares about Huang's unreasonableness.

The dowry-giving team gradually went away. Second Aunt Song sighed deeply, regretting endlessly. Back then, Wang Xiaobao's family gave him a silver bracelet, and she felt that he was extremely rich. Now look, a silver bracelet What are bracelets? Compared with the three golds and three silvers of the Lin family, there are so many boxes, it's not enough to look at!

It was too hasty!Second Aunt Song secretly murmured in her heart that she should pick a few more houses. Song Zhaodi looks good, maybe she can pick a richer family and give a generous dowry, so it will fall into her own hands in the future.

"What's the big deal..." Second Aunt Song's eyes were sour, and she muttered, "Isn't she just a tiger girl who killed her own father, and the Lin family likes her money, and she is not afraid of her son being killed!"

Standing next to Second Aunt Song to watch the excitement was an elderly lady. Her son worked in Baoji Workshop. With his son's wages, the family's life was much better than before. The most unheard of thing is Someone said bad things about the boss, and immediately scolded Second Aunt Song angrily: "What nonsense! I think your little daughter-in-law has a foul mouth, and you don't want to smoke!"

Because Uncle Song is cowardly and cowardly, Aunt Song would not dare to quarrel with people in the village who have many strong men, but today is different. If there is a big fight, even if it can't affect the engagement of the two families, it must add bad luck to them!

"Try to say it again?!" Second Aunt Song shouted loudly, rolling up her sleeves at the same time, as if she was going to have a big fight with the old lady.

The old lady was not stupid, she glanced at the team that hadn't gone far, and said, "Song's second daughter-in-law, don't yell at me, if you have the ability, you can yell at those men, if you dare to come here It's a good day for Miss Dongbao to make troubles, let's see how they deal with you!" After saying that, she turned around and left, disdaining to argue with Second Aunt Song.

Everyone knew what kind of man Song Lao Er was. Second Aunt Song was so angry that she didn't dare to make a real fuss. If she really wanted to annoy those men, Song Yu would not come out to help block the punches when they beat her up.

Amidst the lively and festive sound of suona and firecrackers, the dowry was carried into Yan's house in an orderly manner.

Even though Mr. Yan did not say that Dongbao was engaged today, dozens of uninvited people brought gifts and congratulations, and they were basically merchants in Yuanshui Town. Among them, Shan Qiang and his son occupied the area of ​​four people. Especially conspicuous in the crowd.

"Oh, sister-in-law, congratulations! In a blink of an eye, Dong Bao's niece is so old, she has become a big girl!" Shan Qiang narrowed his small eyes into a line with a smile, squeezed to the front, and pushed the little servant behind him The gift box in his hand was handed over to Li with both hands respectfully, "It's a small thing, it's not a respect!"

Mrs. Li hesitated for a moment, then looked at Mr. Yan who was next to him, Mr. Yan nodded, and signaled Mrs. Li to accept it. If she didn't accept it, Shan Qiang must be restless day and night, thinking that Mrs. Li still remembered the past and would change. How to send.

Seeing that Mrs. Li accepted the gift, Shan Qiang smiled even more happily, and bowed his hands to Master Yan, "Master Yan, congratulations on your beautiful son-in-law! Lin Xiucai is a promising young man, and it is definitely not a problem to be a champion in the future. Down!"

"Accept your good words!" Lord Yan said briefly, and returned the salute with his hands clasped.

Li looked at Shan Qiang's congratulations all the time, and never mentioned the fact that Dong Bao and Shan Liang had a marriage contract back then, thinking that this person can be regarded as a character, and he always talks nonsense when he sees people.And Shan Liang was much more obedient than when we met for the first time, he stood obediently beside Shan Qiang, and when Shan Qiang asked him to salute, he did it, but after the salute, he secretly glanced sideways at Master Yan and his family. , the eyes are mostly probing and awe, without the original disdain and contempt, such a young child has already learned the snobbery of Shan Qiang.

"Come, eat peanuts and candies." Li Shi smiled and grabbed a handful of peanuts and wedding candies for Shan Liang. After all, he was his own baby, and Li Shi could not treat Dan Liang coldly.

Shan Qiang hurriedly smiled and pushed Shan Liang, "Thank you, Aunt Yan! Oh, this is your sister Dongbao's wedding candy, and your sister Dongbao is a blessed and smart girl who can't be picked out from all over the world. This girl is better than your Dongbao sister, you eat two more, and enjoy your Dongbao sister's joy! In the future, if your daughter-in-law can have one percent of Dongbao, I will be satisfied!"

Mrs. Li couldn't listen anymore, she turned around with a helpless smile and went to take care of the female guest.Every time she heard Shan Qiang flattering her and Dong Bao, she felt like she was floating in the sky and couldn't catch up with the ground, and her hairs were about to stand on end.

(End of this chapter)